Motlogelwa promised to act swiftly and address the problem after villagers had claimed to suffer water scarcity in a period of over a month. He says that water engineers are working together with Water Utilities officials to find a way of providing water to Kumakwane without relying on the Gabane reservoir, which is the case at the moment. Currently, the council buys water for Kumakwane from Water Utilities. "But the Gabane reservoir has to be filled for Kumakwane to get water. If Gabane does not receive enough water then Kumakwane will definitely be affected," Motlogelwa explained.
Motlogelwa says that consequently Kumakwane has been without water due to low water pressure at the Gabane reservoir. "Our engineers have been investigating the problem and they have found that there is low water pressure and hence shortage of water in Kumakwane," Motlogelwa said. However, even though the village does not get enough water, part of the village gets some. "It is not true that there has been no water at all. What happens is that water flows only to one side of the village," he said.
